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Debt Overhang and Capital Regulation [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2012
We analyze shareholders’ incentives to change the leverage of a firm that has already borrowed substantially. As a result of debt overhang, shareholders have incentives to resist reductions in leverage that make the remaining debt safer. This resistance is present even without any government subsidies of debt, but it is exacerbated by such subsidies ...
Admati, A.   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Market discipline and the regulatory change: Evidence from Vietnam

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance, 2020
Following the recent global financial crisis, Vietnamese banks experienced changes in the minimum capital adequacy requirement following the Basel framework. We examine the impact of the regulatory change on market discipline between 2006 and 2015.
Tu Dq Le
doaj   +1 more source

Pro-Cyclical Capital Regulation and Lending [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
ABSTRACTWe use a quasi‐experimental research design to examine the effect of model‐based capital regulation on the procyclicality of bank lending and firms' access to funds. In response to an exogenous shock to credit risk in the German economy, capital charges for loans under model‐based regulation increased by 0.5 percentage points. As a consequence,
Markus Behn   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Bank Capital Regulation and Structured Finance [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2011
We model the interaction between bank capital regulation and financial innovation. Innovation takes the form of structured finance, namely, pooling and tranching of assets and the creation of separate structures with different seniority, different risk, and different capital charges.
A. MARTIN, PARIGI, BRUNO MARIA
openaire   +4 more sources

Particle filtration efficiency of respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesJournal of Infection and Public Health
Background: Respirators are an essential medical device vital to prevent the transmission of airborne illness between persons. This study presents an investigation conducted by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) into the particle filtration ...
Jackson Williams   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overexpression of apolipoprotein A-I alleviates endoplasmic reticulum stress in hepatocytes

open access: yesLipids in Health and Disease, 2017
Background Abnormal lipid metabolism may contribute to an increase in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, resulting in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
Qing Guo, Can Zhang, Yutong Wang
doaj   +1 more source

A Novel Inflammation and Insulin Resistance Related Indicator to Predict the Survival of Patients With Cancer

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
BackgroundSystemic inflammation and insulin resistance (IR) are closely related in patients with cancer. However, there is no relevant indicator that combines inflammation and IR to predict patient prognosis.
Guo-Tian Ruan   +53 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of taurine supplementation on diabetes mellitus in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesFood Chemistry: Molecular Sciences, 2022
Objective: The ameliorative effect of taurine on diabetes has received extensive attention in recent years. Despite promising data from animal studies, the efficacy of taurine supplementation in human studies has been inconsistent.
Xiaomei Tao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The newfound relationship between extrachromosomal DNAs and excised signal circles

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) contribute to the progression of many human cancers. In addition, circular DNA by‐products of V(D)J recombination, excised signal circles (ESCs), have roles in cancer progression but have largely been overlooked. In this Review, we explore the roles of ecDNAs and ESCs in cancer development, and highlight why these ...
Dylan Casey, Zeqian Gao, Joan Boyes
wiley   +1 more source

Capital Regulation and Bank Risk-Taking Behavior: Evidence from Pakistan

open access: yesInternational Journal of Financial Studies, 2016
In response to the global financial crisis of 2007–2009, risk-based capital requirements have been reinforced in the new Basel III Accord to counter excessive bank risk-taking behavior.
Badar Nadeem Ashraf   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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